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Where does India get its urea? Import sources 2024

In 2024, India imported $2.1 billion of urea (6.4 million tonnes), 10.5% of the world total. Its main sources were Oman (42%), Russia (20%) and the United Arab Emirates (10%). India was the world’s 2nd-largest importer of urea.

Summary

Value
$2.1billion
Tonnes
6.4million tonnes
Share of world total
10.5%
World rank
2nd
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Oman898Tonnes: 2,576,209USD per tonne: $34842%Sea
Russia433Tonnes: 1,231,605USD per tonne: $35220.3%Sea
United Arab Emirates208Tonnes: 581,892USD per tonne: $3589.7%Sea
Qatar193Tonnes: 955,704USD per tonne: $2029%Sea
Saudi Arabia190Tonnes: 525,459USD per tonne: $3628.9%Sea
Bahrain61.4Tonnes: 157,066USD per tonne: $3912.9%Sea
Malaysia55Tonnes: 163,682USD per tonne: $3362.6%Sea
China21.9Tonnes: 49,898USD per tonne: $4381%Sea
Nigeria18.8Tonnes: 48,108USD per tonne: $3910.88%Sea
Egypt17.3Tonnes: 47,250USD per tonne: $3660.81%Sea
Georgia15Tonnes: 43,502USD per tonne: $3450.7%Sea
Indonesia10.4Tonnes: 22,895USD per tonne: $4550.49%Sea
Japan7.9Tonnes: 14,769USD per tonne: $5340.37%Sea
Vietnam3.4Tonnes: 7,742USD per tonne: $4430.16%Sea
Iran2.5Tonnes: 6,594USD per tonne: $3870.12%Sea
Uzbekistan1Tonnes: 12,455USD per tonne: $840.05%Sea
Iraq0.33Tonnes: 860USD per tonne: $3800.02%Sea
United Kingdom0.31Tonnes: 93USD per tonne: $3,2750.01%Sea
Turkey0.17Tonnes: 188USD per tonne: $9040.01%Sea
Turkmenistan0.16Tonnes: 502USD per tonne: $3150.01%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Oman has been its main source since 2005

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • Oman 0.9
  • Russia 0.43
  • United Arab Emirates 0.21
  • Qatar 0.19
  • Saudi Arabia 0.19

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Oman00.9
Russia0.090.43
United Arab Emirates0.060.21
Qatar0.030.19
Saudi Arabia0.060.19

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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